Global Patent Index - EP 2008294 A1

EP 2008294 A1 20081231 - ELECTRON-OPTICAL CORRECTOR FOR APLANATIC IMAGING SYSTEMS

Title (en)

ELECTRON-OPTICAL CORRECTOR FOR APLANATIC IMAGING SYSTEMS

Title (de)

ELEKTRONENOPTISCHER KORREKTOR FÜR APLANATISCHE ABBILDUNGSSYSTEME

Title (fr)

CORRECTEUR OPTOÉLECTRONIQUE POUR SYSTÈMES DE REPRÉSENTATION APLANÉTIQUES

Publication

EP 2008294 A1 20081231 (DE)

Application

EP 07722144 A 20070331

Priority

  • DE 2007000586 W 20070331
  • DE 102006017686 A 20060415

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO2007118450A1] Disclosed is a particle-optical corrector for eliminating third-order spherical aberration and third-order coma with the aid of round lenses and hexapole fields. Said corrector is composed of three coaxially arranged hexapole fields. One respective round lens doublet is disposed between adjacent hexapole fields and is adjusted such that the central hexapole field is reproduced onto the hexapole fields while an intermediate plane comes to lie between the hexapole fields, the intermediate planes being conjugate and the three hexapole fields being oriented the same way in the Larmor reference system. Furthermore, the intensities of the three fields are selected such that the threefold astigmatism coefficient amounts to 0. The inventive corrector comprises two couples of hexapole fields in which the fields of each couple of hexapole fields are excited asymmetrically relative to one another while the respective couples are placed around the two intermediate planes. The alignment of the couples of hexapole fields is rotated by such an angle relative to the alignment defined by the hexapole fields that the third-order coma is corrected.

IPC 8 full level

H01J 37/153 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

H01J 37/153 (2013.01 - EP US); H01J 2237/1534 (2013.01 - EP US)

Citation (search report)

See references of WO 2007118450A1

Designated contracting state (EPC)

CZ DE GB NL

Designated extension state (EPC)

AL BA HR MK RS

DOCDB simple family (publication)

DE 102006017686 A1 20071018; DE 112007001494 A5 20090409; EP 2008294 A1 20081231; EP 2008294 B1 20140924; JP 2009516338 A 20090416; JP 4988751 B2 20120801; US 2009134339 A1 20090528; US 7800076 B2 20100921; WO 2007118450 A1 20071025

DOCDB simple family (application)

DE 102006017686 A 20060415; DE 112007001494 T 20070331; DE 2007000586 W 20070331; EP 07722144 A 20070331; JP 2008540451 A 20070331; US 29730607 A 20070331